Mental Health

When I was in the middle of having my breakdown, I went to the beach several times. I think I thought the sun, sea and sand would make me feel happy and at peace, but it never really did. Every time I went, I would look up at the balloon Read more…

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This is the latest in a series of posts about a breakdown I had in 2010. The first post is here. I have no idea how to live my life. I feel like the last couple of months I’ve been in some sort of weird stasis; whole days and Read more…

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This is the next part of my story of my breakdown. The first part can be found here. This is something originally written in 2010/11… At home, I sit and look at the Prozac. Do I want to do this? These little blue and green pills, they look so Read more…

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This is something I wrote in 2010, when I had a nervous breakdown. I have actually published the full version of this as a book, which will be available to buy soon. April 2010. Summer seems to be coming early this year; it’s bright and warm in April. I love Read more…

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I had a visit this week from a friend I don’t see often. He lives about 70 miles away but drove down stupidly early this morning to have a coffee and a catch-up for an hour or so, before turning around and going back to start work. He even provided Read more…

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I had a nervous breakdown in 2010. While I was recovering, I met a man and became pregnant quite quickly. I wrote this in November 2011, when I was around 3 months pregnant with S. I had come off my antidepressants when I first found out I was pregnant, and Read more…